The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Texas Education Agency on Wednesday from enforcing a state law requiring booksellers to rate the explicitness and relevance of sexual references in materials they sell to schools. The appellate court, one of the most conservative in the nation, sided with booksellers who sued the state after […]
The court sided with bookstores and publishing groups that argued House Bill 900 violated their freedom of speech and would cause “irreparable” financial harm for vendors.
A federal appeals court has denied a legal effort to stop Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson.